Veteran outfielder Vladimir Guerrero has agreed to join the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League.

Josh Reddick hit a home run and drove in four runs, and Yoenis Cespedes added a two-run home run as the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners, 8-2, Thursday to force a series split.

The dreaded Angels offensive trio began to show some signs life, but not enough to ruin the Reds’ day. Cincinnati claimed a 5-4 victory to take two of three in the season’s first series at Great American Ball Park on Thursday.

Josh Hamilton’s return to Texas is going to get a lot of media attention this weekend, with a news conference already scheduled for Friday morning, FOX airing the Saturday game and the finale being featured on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball.

Every lineup, every day, as they are made public by the clubs.

MLB and People magazine on Thursday announced the “Tribute for Heroes” campaign, an initiative that recognizes veterans and active military service members and builds upon both organizations’ commitment to honoring a nation’s military heroes, U.S. and Canadian.

Cliff Pennington drove home Jason Kubel in the bottom of the 16th inning to lift the D-backs to a 10-9 victory over the Cardinals in the longest game in Chase Field history on Wednesday.

The man who kick-started the Giants’ late-October buzz saw — left-hander Barry Zito — takes the ball for San Francisco on Friday against the Cardinals, whom the Giants beat in a seven-game NLCS.

Six months later, megadeals and bold headlines and declarations aside, not much has changed. The Giants rolled into L.A. and took two of three games, leaving the Dodgers and their fan base deflated and perhaps more than a little agitated.

Tim Lincecum was flawed, matching a career high by walking seven, but he also was tough in beating the Dodgers, 5-3, on Wednesday with help from homers by Pablo Sandoval and Hunter Pence.

Houston transplants Jed Lowrie and Nate Freiman, the latter making his Major League debut, combined to drive in four runs in a 6-2 victory over the Mariners on Wednesday night.

Juan Nicasio gave the Rockies a quality start and catcher Wilin Rosario hit an early two-run homer to lift Colorado to a series-clinching win Wednesday in Milwaukee, 7-3.

The beauty of playing defense like Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez is that you can go 0-for-4 and have a good night.

The Reds showed up to work Wednesday with this as their reality, having learned on their off-day that Ryan Ludwick’s Opening Day-induced dislocated shoulder was as serious as had been feared.

Despite an opening of the season they’d rather forget, all the Yankees have to do is hang in there for a month and win their share of games until a group of key stars return.

Backed by a steady supply of offense, Clay Buchholz pitched Boston to a 7-4 road victory over the injury-riddled Yankees on Wednesday night.

Jackie Bradley Jr. got a clean RBI single up the middle to help fuel the Red Sox to a 7-4 victory over the Yankees on Wednesday night.